xiv, 173 pages : 23 cm

Katherine Schultz examines the complex role student silence can play in teaching and learning. Urging teachers to listen to student silence in new ways, this book offers real-life examples and proven strategies for "rethinking classroom participation" to include all students--those eager to raise their hands to speak and those who may pause or answer in different ways.--From publisher description

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-159) and index

1. Participation and silence in the classroom. Broadening notions of classroom participation -- Understanding silence as participation -- Considering perspectives on classroom silences -- Applying sociocultural theories of silence to classroom settings -- Plan of the book -- 2. Forms and functions of silence. Silence as resistance -- Silence as power -- Silence as protection -- Silence as a response to trauma -- Silence as a time and space for creativity and learning -- Conclusion: expanding our frameworks -- 3. Classroom silences, classroom talk. Silence as integral to teaching and learning -- Silence and classroom routines -- Conclusion: connecting silence to learning -- 4. Student silences, curricular participation. The limits of multicultural curriculum as a response to student silences -- Classroom context and curriculum intervention -- Connecting curriculum to students' lives -- Addressing student silence through multimodalities -- Conclusion: opening up the curriculum to all students -- 5. Learning from student silence. Meanings of student silence in classrooms -- Silence, participation, and democratic practice -- Investigating silence by taking an inquiry stance -- Tools for understanding student silence -- Curricular innovation to rethink participation -- Responding to student silence -- Investigating silence while learning to teach -- Rethinking participation -- Appendix : Partial transcript of the author's chair event

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